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2" for me, use Jim Dunlop nylon ones, if they`re good enough for Duff McKagan they`re good enough for me - well it`s as good a theory/rationalisation as anything else I spose.

A bassist I know has one of these and it is incredibly powerful, and seems to be voiced so that whatever anything else is going on it will always be heard. Really cuts through the mix.

Barefaced customer service is excellent, I`m sure they`ll be able to offer some advice pretty quickly

Very interesting Mark, I do use a preamp so have to back off the input gain on my Ashdown ABM600 a good bit, but to get the best sound I have to be hitting the red in that VU meter, much like what you describe above.

Def Roqsolid for covers

You should like those, great set-up imo. Bizarrely on the RM the pre-shape is on when pushed in. It gets very confusing.....

You did have the Pre-Shape button in, didn’t you? Bizarrely that switches off the scooped setting of the ABM, rather than engaging it.

Def sounds like flats to me, a great simple but effective bassline.

The theory is add in the same cab again, it`s usually a guaranteed way of making you smile.

I`m not at present, have an ABM410 plus an ABM210 which is dragged out for the big gigs. Previously I had two RM210s and they were very good, not much difference in sound to the ABM cabs in all honesty, a little less low-end but the core sound was very similar.

I may well be adding to my RM range, my ABM cabs are becoming a little bit too much for me now, so thinking of another batch of two of the 210s, which were great.

In a contrast to my earlier in-jest post, if I actually thought about it from scratch about what I wanted from a bass I`d be hard put to describe anything other than a Fender Precision, my only real points I`d put would be accurate tuners that held tuning, body chamfers to make it comfy, and no neck-dive. I do also like the idea of in-built tuner that has been mentioned.

I was gonna suggest Behringer XM8500s - get a couple for under £50, and seriously good mics they are too.

And remember, the type of wood affects the performance

Having had both the 350 and the 500 I can only wonder at how loud the 700 will be. Think this is a good move so that people can get cleaner headroom from the Tonehammer, as it is an amp that generally is gainy/driven when reaching higher volumes.

Strings. Four of them.

I just hope it`s factual, and that the actors have been chosen wisely. In Sid & Nancy the guy chosen to play Johnny Rotten had a scouse accent. Kind-of made it unbelievable from there on really.

Yep, wouldn’t do to have this - and the grass-cutters in summer - on the roads between 10am & 4pm, that would just be common sense.

The 50 is the stompox version, so fits into a pedal-board etc, and I think it has different cable length simulation settings, whereas the 20 is two little bugs and only simulates a 3 metre cable. I`ve been well chuffed with my WL-20, one of my better purchases.

They do a version where the receiver is a standard BOSS sized pedal as well.

Small and compact wireless system = Boss WL20 to me. Two little units, one plugged into the bass, one into the amp. No mains power leads, no on/off switch, you simply plug one into the other and they pair automatically choosing the best available frequency. Charge `em up overnight, but each full charge lasts for at least 5hrs - think it`s 10.

Yep, SD Quarterpounder, Rotosound or Warwick Red Label steel rounds - and as suggested a Sansamp will help all this no end.

Well I tried, one can only do ones best

Look at it this way Rich, at least you know where all the nob-heads are, and can plan a night out knowing you can successfully avoid them. If it weren`t for Wetherspoons you may well end up in their midst.........

Thinking back on his music in the 70s it does seem to have a bit "more" to it than the regular glam-stuff of that era. I also think that Eastenders sorely misses his Eddie Moon character. Talented guy, Mr Essex.